City Council

Borough of Highspire Regular Meeting of the Highspire Borough Council May 16, 2023 “Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.” ― Alexander Hamilton 1. Call to Order 2. Prayer/Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call *** Proclamation for Gail Romanovsky (Item “a” under “New Business”) 4. Acceptance of Minutes – Regular Meeting on April 18, 2023 and Workshop Meeting on May 9, 2023 5. Financial Reports a. Treasurer’s Report for April, 2023 b. Monthly Financial Statements – April, 2023 1. General Fund 2. Sewer Administration Fund 3. Sewer O & M Fund 6. Mayor’s Report 7. Public Safety Director’s Report – April, 2023 8. Fire Department Reports a. Fire Chief Report – Monthly Report for April, 2023 b. Treasurer’s Report Page | 1 9. South Central Emergency Medical Services Report for March, 2023 10. Citizens’ Comments (limit 3 minutes) 11. Committee Reports a. Public Facilities Committee b. Sanitation Committee c. Highspire Happenings d. Finance/Administration Committee e. Personnel Committee f. Community Development Committee g. Public Safety Committee h. Maintenance & Repair Committee 12. Staff Activity Reports a. Borough Manager’s Report - Mark Stonbraker b. Code Enforcement Report - Deanna Proctor c. Public Works Department Report - Randy Kreider d. Highspire Authority – Bob Sutch e. Grant Administrative Report & Fire Department Financial Report f. Sewer Billing Adjustments & Reconciliations for April, 2023 g. Safety Committee 13. Solicitor’s Report 14. Engineer’s Report 15. Old Business Page | 2  a. 16. New Business a. Motion to approve a Proclamation honoring Gail Romanovsky for her thirty-five-plus-years of service with the Steelton-Highspire School District and as Director of the Community Band by the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. b. Motion to direct staff to release the May 2023 contribution to the Citizens Fire Company #1 of Highspire as indicated in the 2023 General Fund Budget (411.500). Amount to be paid to the Company $2,500.00. c. Motion to (approve/reject/table) Highspire Borough Ordinance #646 of 2023 amending Chapter 10 of the Highspire Borough Code of Ordinances to add a new chapter entitled “Quality of Life Improvement Ordinance”, which provides (1) a ticketing program to potentially resolve certain property maintenance and other property violation matters in a more expeditious manner than traditional ordinance enforcement, (2) procedures for issuing tickets under the ticketing program, and (3) preserve traditional ordinance enforcement, and further provides for severability, failure to enforce not a waiver, applicability, and effective date. d. Motion to (approve/reject/table) Highspire Borough Ordinance #647 of 2023 amending Chapter 27 of its Code of Ordinances by eliminating the use “Apartment Conversion”. e. Motion to (approve/reject/table) Highspire Borough Ordinance #648 of 2023 authorizing the selection, condemnation and appropriation of a permanent easement and temporary construction easement across a portion of certain land situate in the Borough of Highspire, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for municipal purposes, to include the construction, use and maintenance of certain improvements to a stormwater culvert under Poplar Street, and authorizing the filing of a Declaration of Taking and all necessary action for the acquisition thereof. f. Motion to (approve/reject/table) Highspire Borough Ordinance #649 of 2023, amending Chapter 15 of the Codified Ordinances of the Borough of Highspire establishing a handicap parking space at 214 Penn Street, Highspire. g. Motion to (approve/reject/table) Highspire Borough Ordinance #650 of 2023, setting forth its intent to issue its General Obligation Bond, Series of 2023, in the principal amount of eighty-eight thousand six hundred dollars ($88,600.00) pursuant to the Act of General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsulvania, 53 PA C.S. Chapters 80-82, as amended, reenacted and supplemented, known as the Local Government Unit Debt Act. Page | 3 17. Approval of Payroll and Bills 18. Adjournment Page | 4